General and Controllable Synthesis of Novel Mesoporous Magnetic Iron Oxide@Carbon Encapsulates for Efficient Arsenic Removal

Abstract
A facile ammonia-atmosphere pre-hydrolysis post-synthetic route that can uniformly and selectively deposit Fe2O3 nanoparticles in the predefined mesopores (5.6 nm) of a bimodal (2.3, 5.6 nm) mesoporous carbon matrix is demonstrated (see figure). The mesoporous magnetic Fe2O3@C encapsulates show excellent performance for arsenic capture with remarkable adsorption capacity, fast uptake rate, easy magnetic separation, and good cyclic stability.